Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting an acid, a colorless compound, CH2-(COOH)2, found in the sugar-beet and prepared by the hydrolysis of cyanacetic acid; propanediacid. It crystallizes in triclinic plates and melts and decomposes into carbon dioxid and acetic acid at 132° C. Malonic esters and their sodium derivatives are extensively used for organic syntheses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dicarboxylic acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of
malic acid.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
malonic acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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Examples
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His doctor's thesis (1874) was entitled Bijdrage tot de Kennis van Cyaanazijnzuren en Malonzuur (Contribution to the knowledge of cyanoacetic acids and malonic acid).
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In fact, malonic acid derivatives have been obtained recently in the laboratory from carbon suboxide.
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In fact, malonic acid derivatives have been obtained recently in the laboratory from carbon suboxide.
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In fact, malonic acid derivatives have been obtained recently in the laboratory from carbon suboxide.
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